Source code for langchain_community.utilities.merriam_webster
"""Util that calls Merriam-Webster."""
import json
from typing import Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
from urllib.parse import quote
import requests
from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, root_validator
from langchain_core.utils import get_from_dict_or_env
MERRIAM_WEBSTER_API_URL = (
"https://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v3/references/collegiate/json"
)
MERRIAM_WEBSTER_TIMEOUT = 5000
[docs]class MerriamWebsterAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
"""Wrapper for Merriam-Webster.
Docs for using:
1. Go to https://www.dictionaryapi.com/register/index and register an
developer account with a key for the Collegiate Dictionary
2. Get your API Key from https://www.dictionaryapi.com/account/my-keys
3. Save your API Key into MERRIAM_WEBSTER_API_KEY env variable
"""
merriam_webster_api_key: Optional[str] = None
class Config:
extra = "forbid"
@root_validator(pre=True)
def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
"""Validate that api key exists in environment."""
merriam_webster_api_key = get_from_dict_or_env(
values, "merriam_webster_api_key", "MERRIAM_WEBSTER_API_KEY"
)
values["merriam_webster_api_key"] = merriam_webster_api_key
return values
[docs] def run(self, query: str) -> str:
"""Run query through Merriam-Webster API and return a formatted result."""
quoted_query = quote(query)
request_url = (
f"{MERRIAM_WEBSTER_API_URL}/{quoted_query}"
f"?key={self.merriam_webster_api_key}"
)
response = requests.get(request_url, timeout=MERRIAM_WEBSTER_TIMEOUT)
if response.status_code != 200:
return response.text
return self._format_response(query, response)
def _format_response(self, query: str, response: requests.Response) -> str:
content = json.loads(response.content)
if not content:
return f"No Merriam-Webster definition was found for query '{query}'."
if isinstance(content[0], str):
result = f"No Merriam-Webster definition was found for query '{query}'.\n"
if len(content) > 1:
alternatives = [f"{i + 1}. {content[i]}" for i in range(len(content))]
result += "You can try one of the following alternative queries:\n\n"
result += "\n".join(alternatives)
else:
result += f"Did you mean '{content[0]}'?"
else:
result = self._format_definitions(query, content)
return result
def _format_definitions(self, query: str, definitions: List[Dict]) -> str:
formatted_definitions: List[str] = []
for definition in definitions:
formatted_definitions.extend(self._format_definition(definition))
if len(formatted_definitions) == 1:
return f"Definition of '{query}':\n" f"{formatted_definitions[0]}"
result = f"Definitions of '{query}':\n\n"
for i, formatted_definition in enumerate(formatted_definitions, 1):
result += f"{i}. {formatted_definition}\n"
return result
def _format_definition(self, definition: Dict) -> Iterator[str]:
if "hwi" in definition:
headword = definition["hwi"]["hw"].replace("*", "-")
else:
headword = definition["meta"]["id"].split(":")[0]
if "fl" in definition:
functional_label = definition["fl"]
if "shortdef" in definition:
for short_def in definition["shortdef"]:
yield f"{headword}, {functional_label}: {short_def}"
else:
yield f"{headword}, {functional_label}"